Boomershoot

{{Short description|American long-range precision rifle event}}

Boomershoot[https://www.boomershoot.com/ Boomershoot Web Site] is a long-range precision rifle event held near Orofino, Idaho each year in late spring. Participants fire long-range rifles at explosive-filled targets from {{convert|375|to|700|yards|m|abbr=on}}. A centerfire rifle capable of delivering accuracy of at least one minute of angle with velocity at the target of at least {{convert|1500|ft/s|m/s|abbr=on}} is required to reliably detonate the targets.

The smallest and closest targets are {{convert|4|in|mm|abbr=on}} square boxes filled with potassium chlorate-based explosive paste.{{cite web |title=Boom, Boom, Ain't It Great? |url=http://outside.away.com/outside/features/200410/guilty_pleasures_10.html |website=Outside Magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014513/http://outside.away.com/outside/features/200410/guilty_pleasures_10.html |archive-date=2007-09-30 }} The longer range targets larger, {{convert|7|in|mm|abbr=on}} square boxes, with more explosive. In 2019, over a ton of explosives were mixed on site and used in the three day event.

On the two days prior to the main event a precision rifle clinic is held at the same location using steel as well as exploding targets.[https://www.boomershoot.com/2020/Clinic.htm Boomershoot 2020 Precision Rifle Clinic]